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Russia to see record grain harvest since end of Soviet Union

Xinhua, August 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russia is expected to see the biggest grain output this year since the end of Soviet Union, said head of the Russian grain union Arkady Zlochevsky on Wednesday.

Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted Zlochevsky as saying that 114 to 116 million tons of grain is expected to be collected this year.

According to the newspaper, Russia is expected to lead the world with an export of 30 million tons of wheat, surpassing the 27 million tons exported by the whole European Union.

Earlier, Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said that Russia has become the world's leader of wheat export, overtaking the United States and Canada.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, grain harvest in Russia amounted to 104.8 million tons last year, with record output for corn, rice, soybeans and buckwheat. Endi